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Has anyone bought film from overseas suppliers (notably via ebay)? Any issues to be mindful of?

Thanks

Patrick

UBD

sirhc55 wrote:UBD

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Make sure it works with 240V power

Reschsmooth wrote:

sirhc55 wrote:UBD

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Use By Date

sirhc55 wrote:

Reschsmooth wrote:

sirhc55 wrote:UBD

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Use By Date

I see

Ok, assuming expiry is well into the future, are there any known or suspected issues one must consider compared to buying locally? Y'see, there are HK/Chinese ebay vendors who seem to sell some film relatively cheap, with expiry dates in the future.

Cheers

Patrick

when you get some, hold film up to bright light to check for scratches....

big pix wrote:when you get some, hold film up to bright light to check for scratches....

hmmm.........

As long as they're expired and not being kept in a hot humid place, they should be fine...

Are you buying colour neg, slides or BW?

Yi-P wrote:As long as they're expired

Good Advice

Yi-P wrote:As long as they're expired and not being kept in a hot humid place, they should be fine...

Are you buying colour neg, slides or BW?

Thanks Yip - I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something obvious like customs x-rays or something can screw up the film.

I am looking for B&W negs for 35mm & 120, maybe some colour slide film as well.

P

W00DY wrote:

Yi-P wrote:As long as they're expired

It's actually pretty good advice. Expired film is usually less expensive and provided it's been kept in a cool environment, it's generally fine.

I've got expired film in our fridge of both black & white and colour.

Nnnnsic wrote:

W00DY wrote:

Yi-P wrote:As long as they're expired

It's actually pretty good advice. Expired film is usually less expensive and provided it's been kept in a cool environment, it's generally fine.

I've got expired film in our fridge of both black & white and colour.

I'll crawl back into my hole again then...

I thought it was a simple typo

Reschsmooth wrote:Thanks Yip - I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something obvious like customs x-rays or something can screw up the film.

I am looking for B&W negs for 35mm & 120, maybe some colour slide film as well.

P

I believe that films under ASA (ISO) 800 will be just fine under normal x-ray scans. Will be more worried about them if they are 1600 or 3200 films... I travelled few times with 100 and 400 films, didnt notice anything in the end results. I can't prove its 100% correct, but they should be safe for x-ray...

If you are bulk buying them, maybe we can share the shipping or something... I'm after couple of BW and probably colour slides as well.

Yi-P wrote:

Reschsmooth wrote:Thanks Yip - I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something obvious like customs x-rays or something can screw up the film.

I am looking for B&W negs for 35mm & 120, maybe some colour slide film as well.

P

I believe that films under ASA (ISO) 800 will be just fine under normal x-ray scans. Will be more worried about them if they are 1600 or 3200 films... I travelled few times with 100 and 400 films, didnt notice anything in the end results. I can't prove its 100% correct, but they should be safe for x-ray...

If you are bulk buying them, maybe we can share the shipping or something... I'm after couple of BW and probably colour slides as well.

Not a problem - at this stage, I was looking at a couple of ebay vendors who had reasonably priced, within expiry dated films. I will let you know when I am going to place an order.

There's another guy in Australia (Vic) who I have bought film off before and he seems to have a fair bit, so we can perhaps arrange a bulk order. I will PM you when I am about to order?